Publications by authors named "Oliver D Eng"
Main Objective: There is limited information on how patient outcomes have changed during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study characterizes changes in mortality, intubation, and ICU admission rates during the first 20 months of the pandemic.
Study Design And Methods: University of Wisconsin researchers collected and harmonized electronic health record data from 1.
Article Synopsis
- The study analyzed data from over 104,000 COVID-19 patients to understand the impact of smoking status, nicotine replacement therapy (NRT), and vaccination on severe outcomes like death and ICU admission.
- Both current and never smokers had similar outcomes, but former smokers experienced higher risks of death and ICU admission.
- Current smokers receiving NRT had reduced mortality rates, and vaccination was more effective in lowering mortality for current and former smokers compared to never smokers.
Relations of Current and Past Cancer with Severe Outcomes among 104,590 Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients: The COVID EHR Cohort at the University of Wisconsin.
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev
January 2023
Background: There is mixed evidence about the relations of current versus past cancer with severe COVID-19 outcomes and how they vary by patient and cancer characteristics.
Methods: Electronic health record data of 104,590 adult hospitalized patients with COVID-19 were obtained from 21 United States health systems from February 2020 through September 2021. In-hospital mortality and ICU admission were predicted from current and past cancer diagnoses.